The Bizarre World of Fake Video Games
The Bizarre World of Fake Video Games is the first volume in the U.D.W.F.G. essays series (underdarkweirdfantasygrounds), written by Super Eyepatch Wolf and published by Hollow Press in November 2025. It takes the form of an essay collection structured around video games that do not exist — reviews, previews, and retrospectives of titles from an imaginary timeline, treating the phenomenon of fake games as a lens for examining internet folklore, fandom behaviour, and dark weird fantasy.
The book's premise is not satirical so much as genuinely investigative. It approaches games like Apple Quest, Bird World, Ghostbleed, Valle Verde, and Vermis — among many others — as objects worthy of serious critical attention, building out a coherent lore world in the process. The result sits between essay collection, art book, and what the publisher describes as a Lore Game Book–adjacent construction: a volume that reads like a critic's guidebook to a medium that never quite existed.
Twenty-one artists contributed original artwork across the 176 full-colour pages, each responding to a specific fake game entry. The cover art is by Plastiboo, printed in UV full colour over holographic silver hot-foil on luxury Onyx Pearl paper — a production approach consistent with Hollow Press's material standards throughout their catalogue. Interior pages are printed on Magno Volume paper, and the volume includes a silver ribbon bookmark. At A4 format and approximately 1.1 kg, it is a substantial physical object.
As the opening entry in the U.D.W.F.G. essays series, this edition establishes the editorial framework for what is intended as an ongoing project. It is the first book-length work by Super Eyepatch Wolf, extending the critical and cultural interests of his video essay practice into a printed format. The volume is available as part of the Artbooks & Artist Publications catalogue at Lokator100.
About Super Eyepatch Wolf
Super Eyepatch Wolf (John Walsh) is an Irish video essayist and critic whose YouTube channel focuses on anime, manga, and video games. His work examines how series are constructed, why they resonate with audiences, and where they fall short — often connecting storytelling choices to broader production conditions and fan cultures.
Beyond anime and manga, he has written and spoken on internet phenomena, wrestling, fake martial arts, and other areas of popular culture, combining close reading with a reflective, personal critical voice. The Bizarre World of Fake Video Games is his first book-length project, extending his long-standing interest in strange media, unreal games, and online myth-making into a printed essay collection for Hollow Press.
